the ship, and sank at once out of sight. He walked about
for a fortnight down in the green salt sea, seeking for the Island of
Fincara, and at last he found it.

His brothers waited for him in the same spot the whole time, and when he
came not they began to fear he would return no more. At last they were
about to leave the place, when they saw the glitter of his crystal
helmet deep down in the water, and immediately after he came to the
surface with the cooking-spit in his hand.--"Old Celtic Romances"
(Joyce), p. 87.

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IV

_Prince Cuglas_

In the list of the historic tales mentioned in the Book of Leinster,
and which is given in O'Curry's appendix to his "Lectures on the MSS.
Materials of Ancient Irish History," "The Cave of the Road of Cuglas"
finds place. O'Curry has the following note:--

"Cuglas was the son of Donn Desa, King of Leinster, and master of the
hounds to the monarch Conaire Mor. Having one day followed the chase
from Tara to this road, the chase suddenly disappeared in a cave,
into which he followed, and was _never seen after_. Hence the cave was
called _Uaimh Bealach Conglais_, or the cave of the road of Cuglas
(now Baltinglass, in the County of Wicklow). It is about this cave,
nevertheless, that so many of our pretended Irish antiquarians have
written so much nonsense in connection with some imaginary pagan worship
to which they gravely assure the world, on etymological authority,
the spot was devoted. The authority for the legend of Cuglas is the
_Dinnoean Chus_ on the place _Bealach Conglais_ (Book of Lecain).
The full tale has not come down to us."

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V

_The Herald_

"Here comes a single champion towards us, O _Cuchulain_," said _Laegh_
(Cuchulain's charioteer). "What sort of a champion is he?" said
_Cuchulain_. "A brown-haired, broad-faced, beautiful youth; a splendid
brown cloak on him; a bright bronze spear-like brooch fastening his
cloak. A full and well-fitting shirt to his skin. Two firm shoes between
his two feet and the ground. A hand-staff of white hazel in one hand
of his; a single-edged sword with a sea-horse hilt in his other
hand." "Good, my lad," said _Cuchulain_; "these are the tokens of a
herald."--Description of the herald MacRoath in the story of _The Tain
bo Chuailgne_.--O'Curry's "Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish,"
Vol. II., p. 301.

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